Welcome to Camp Kindness

At , kindness is in the cards.

The camp created a new program called "Park Shore Kindness Kards," which is designed to generate acts of good deeds throughout the camp. The directors hope that the program will also enocurage the children to continue their acts outside of the camp.

"In today's busy lifestyle where everyone is rushing, we sometimes forget about others and kindness is often lost," directors Bob and Chuck Budah said. "Our hope is that our campers and staff will 'pay it forward' and Park Shore's new program will have a profound impact on our camp and surrounding communities."

Using the concept of trading cards, Park Shore directors will carry their own personalized picture cards and hand them out to groups worthy of receiving them because of a genuine act of kindness. The idea is to get a different director’s trading card for doing a kind gesture for another camper, camp group, staff member or for the camp in general.

Each day at lunch the DJ announces the groups that received trading cards to celebrate and encourage others to do the same.

"The true goal of the Park Shore Kindness Kards Program is to teach our campers the value of their acts of kindness and how those acts of kindness affect other campers, the camp as a whole, and other people who they will come into contact with throughout their lives," they said. "We are very excited about this program and Park Shore’s hope is that we will be known as the kindest camp on Long Island."

The goal of each group is to collect the entire set throughout the course of the summer. The end result will be a grand “Pay It Forward” celebration. A generous donation to the Make A Wish Foundation will be presented on behalf of all of our campers on Wednesday, August 10th.